CN103038426B - The method and apparatus of auxiliary undersea mining - Google Patents
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Abstract
A kind of method and apparatus of the auxiliary undersea mining for undersea mining system.Described seabed is assisted mining tool to have and is made to move the seabed mobile system by seabed.Parent connecting line is for receiving electric power from surface source and control signal.The auxiliary cutting tool that cantilever is installed is configured to the end for cutting bottom sediment.Utilize screening media to sieve the fragment manufactured by described auxiliary cutting tool, thus guarantee that such fragment is not more than desired size.
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Technical field
Relate generally to marine mining of the present invention, particularly a kind of instrument for implementing undersea mining in conjunction with other subsea tools.
Background technology
Sea bed excavation is usually undertaken by excavating, thus such as takes out valuable placer deposit or make water route be suitable for navigation.Suction-type excavates near the sea bed material that comprises and to be placed in by the collecting terminal of pipeline or pipe and will to dig, utilizes pump surface to produce Negative Pressure Difference, pipe sucks water and near mobile bottom sediment.Cutting machine suction-type excavates and near intake place or intake, provides cutting machine head further, for discharging compression soil, grit or the even hard rock that will suck on pipe.Large-scale cutting machine suction-type excavates the cutting power that function uses up to ten thousand kilowatts.Other sea bed digging technology comprises auger suction-type, sprays lift-type (jetlift), gas lift formula (airlift) and bucket type excavation (bucketdredging).
Most mining equipment is typically only the deep operations of tens of meters, even if very large-scale excavator, its maximum cutting depth is also only slightly more than 100 meters.Therefore the region being usually limited to relative shallow water is excavated.
Ocean floor drilling (such as oil well) can carry out in the more deep water reaching a few km degree of depth.But ocean floor drilling mining technique can not be used for undersea mining.
The description of any file, bill, material, equipment, document etc. included in this manual only aims to provide background of the present invention, should not do and admit above-mentioned any or part on overall formation prior art basis or the common practise as the association area of the present invention existed before the priority date prior to the application every claim.
In whole manual, word " comprises (comprise) " or its variation such as " comprising (comprises) " or " comprising (comrpising) " should be understood to know well element, entirety or step as described in referring to comprise, or the group of element, entirety or step, but do not get rid of any other element, entirety or step, or the group of element, entirety or step.
Summary of the invention
According to the of the present invention first extensive aspect, the invention provides a kind of seabed for undersea mining system and assist mining tool, described seabed assists mining tool to comprise:
Seabed mobile system, makes it possible to mobile by described seabed;
Parent connecting line, for receiving electric power from surface source and control signal;
The auxiliary cutting tool that cantilever is installed, for cutting the end of bottom sediment; And
For sieving the mechanism of fragment, described fragment is manufactured by described auxiliary cutting tool, and described mechanism is used for guaranteeing that these fragments are not more than desired size.
According to a second aspect of the invention, provide the seabed in a kind of undersea mining system to assist mining methods, described method comprises:
Seabed assists mining tool to utilize seabed mobile system to move by described seabed;
Described instrument receives from the electric power of surface source and control signal via parent connecting line;
The end of the auxiliary cutting tool cutting bottom sediment that cantilever is installed; And
The screening mechanism of described instrument sieves the fragment manufactured by described auxiliary cutting tool, to guarantee that these fragments are not more than desired size.
The described mechanism for sieving fragment can comprise at least one pair of cutting head forming described auxiliary cutting tool, described cutting head is configured to preferably drag the fragment between described a pair cutting head, and described a pair cutting head separates the distance that corresponds to the crumb size expected.In such embodiment, trailing between described a pair cutting head, to be greater than required size fragment will be cut and/or roll to become further is less than required crumb size.Spacing between described a pair or often pair of cutting head can be fixed as a predetermined spacing, such as, depend on the particle size by the ore exploited and needs acquisition.Or in some embodiments, the spacing between described a pair or often pair of cutting head is adjustable during mining processes.Or the described mechanism for sieving fragment comprises the sizing grill of contiguous described auxiliary cutting tool, such as, above cutting head between head and cantilever, and/or the rear of cutting head (aft).Or the instrument for sieving fragment can comprise fixing or other suitable screening plants adjustable.Described a pair cutting head preferably rotates relatively, thus between described cutting head, drags fragment effectively to sieve fragment.
The present invention has the auxiliary mining tool of auxiliary cutting tool by providing, leave independent subsea tools for and carry out mixing mining, thus be provided for relatively quick seabed cutting tool, it has the activity of enhancing, operate in enable sea-bed area with a varied topography, and cutting task in a row can be carried out neatly.Therefore, described auxiliary cutting tool can be used for for mixed mining is prepared, and to cut the periphery of complicated subbottom structure, thus presents and is suitable for the independent relatively flat of mixing mining tool and the bench of level.Therefore the invention provides a kind of aid operating to play a role in conjunction with other undersea mining instruments, even if for also effectively seabed material can be recaptured under sea-floor relief complicated situation, can play a role separately under sea-floor relief complicated situation simultaneously.In some site, the agility of described auxiliary mining tool refers to does not need other instruments effectively to recapture seabed material.
Described seabed assists mining tool can move by (traverse) irregular ground and ramp, and this ability is subject to the impact of seabed mobile system.Described seabed mobile system can comprise suitable moving meter, such as wheel, continous track, supporting leg etc.Described mobile system preferably makes described auxiliary getter's prodigiosin move by tilting up to the sea-floor relief of about 10 degree, more preferably from about 20 degree, even more preferably from about 25 degree.
In a preferred embodiment, described auxiliary mining tool can operate to process site, seabed, thus prepares the bench of mixed mining.In a preferred embodiment, described auxiliary mining tool can operate to process the residual edge mixing Mars Miner and stay further.Cantilever for installing described auxiliary cutting tool preferably includes hydraulic operated driving arm.In one form, described cantilever can be installed on the carriage assemblies of top, and described carriage assemblies can turn round relative to the center line of described auxiliary mining tool.
In certain embodiments of the present invention, described seabed assists mining tool can comprise separable capstan winch cable connection point, allows described instrument by twisted hanging between described seabed and ground, is separated from capstan winch cable, and after dropping on seabed self-propelled.
Further, the invention provides a kind of seabed and assist mining tool, be suitable in some embodiments disposing in the quite dark depth of water.Such as in some embodiments, can be greater than under the degree of depth of 400 meters, preferably be greater than 1000 meters, more preferably operate being greater than under the degree of depth of 1500 meters.But should be appreciated that auxiliary mining tool of the present invention shallow in the depth of water be also that effective undersea mining is selected to about 100 meters or other relatively shallow submerged applications.Therefore be to be understood that, mention seabed or sea bed be not intended to get rid of the present invention at the bottom of lakebed, estuarine water, bottom, bay, probing water-bed (soundfloor), the bottom, seabeach, harbour water-bed etc. in, for mining or excavation in salt solution, half salt solution or clear water, these application all drop in the scope of this manual.
In the embodiments of the present invention of site, seabed with a varied topography running, described seabed assists mining tool to be preferably used for initial site excavation.Such as, described seabed is assisted mining tool to can be other subsea tools and is prepared out touchdown area, and can excavate the end in site, to get out first bench that can mix mining.
The preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises sucking further transports circuit, and described suction is transported circuit and had the entrance being adjacent to described auxiliary cutting tool and the outlet be separated with described auxiliary mining tool.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, described auxiliary mining tool comprises shurry pump system close to described cutting head and slurry inlet, is configured to obtain fragment with slip form.Described slip can assist mining tool to be pumped to comparatively short distance from described seabed, be such as only pumped to described instrument to adopt or for adopting the side in path.Or described slip can be pumped to the seabed storage location of assisting mining tool certain distance apart from described seabed via suitable conveyance conduit.After described slurry inlet or intake can be next to described cutting head.In the embodiment comprising two or more cutting heads, described or each intake can between cutting head.
In a preferred embodiment, collection obtains cover (collectionshroud) part around described cutting head, to optimize shurry pump system to the accommodation of fragment and collection.Described seabed assists mining tool to preferably include scraper plate, to help to keep before fragment is positioned at delivery vehicle, and be configured to cover described cutting tool to maintain the fragment near cutting head, and help processes oversize fragment again.Described scraper plate is preferably bowed shape, thus plays at the different rotary positions of cutting tool the effect substantially covered equably.Described scraper plate preferably helps the intake of described instrument to clear up the fragment manufactured by cutting head.Described scraper plate is also preferably configured to clear up path before described auxiliary mining tool when machine moves forward as propeller.
The wireless vehicular that described seabed assists mining tool to be wired remote Remote Controlled Vehicle (ROV) or to be manipulated by the parent be connected with ground.
Described seabed assists mining tool preferably the fragment of oneself to be cleared up the exit to the separation toppling over site, makes described seabed assist mining tool can be advanced through the structure (formation) of its process.Such as fragment can be pumped to the position of described instrument travel path side by described auxiliary mining tool with slip form.
Described seabed assists the weight of mining tool preferably to select, thus applies the power of auxiliary mining required by task.Further in order to fixing described auxiliary mining tool, moveable deadman can be provided.
Described bench can comprise the ore bench for recapturing valuable ore, maybe can comprise the solid rock or the bench of other seabed material removed in order to other object needs.Described ore can comprise a large amount of sulfide in seabed.
In the alternate embodiments of native system, described auxiliary Mars Miner is configured with slurry conveying pipeline, and described slurry conveying pipeline is configured to the storage site of the cutting position end fragment of the slip form from described instrument being transported to described instrument.
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By reference to the accompanying drawings embodiments of the invention are described, wherein:
Fig. 1 is according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention in conjunction with the simplification general view of the undersea system of auxiliary mining tool;
Fig. 2 is the lateral view of the auxiliary mining tool according to one embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 shows cutting and the suction process of the auxiliary mining tool of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 describes whole auxiliary mining tool system;
Fig. 5 is the stereogram being provided with the cutting head of cantilever of auxiliary mining tool;
Fig. 6 is the sectional view being provided with the cutting head of grid of operating auxiliary mining tool;
Fig. 7 a describes auxiliary mining tool and carries out site preparation;
Fig. 7 b describes the residual edge of auxiliary mining tool correction ore bench;
Fig. 8 describes another embodiment with the auxiliary mining tool of removable grappling/spud pile system;
Fig. 9 a to Fig. 9 d shows the auxiliary cutting machine according to another embodiment of the present invention; And
Figure 10 a and Figure 10 b shows the auxiliary cutting machine according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the simplification general view of undersea system 100, and undersea system 100 combines auxiliary according to an embodiment of the invention mining tool (AUX) 116.Crane 102 and dehydration equipment 104 are installed on oceangoing production support ship (PSV) 106.PSV106 has ores lifting equipment, to be placed on barge 108 by the ore of acquisition.Present embodiment provides can at the instrument 116 of about 2500 meters of depths operation, however alternate embodiments can be designed as can in 3000 meters of depths or more depths operation.During production operation, undersea mining instrument (SMTs) will be used to excavate ore from sea bed 110.SMTs comprises seabed mixing Mars Miner 112, seabed collecting robot (GM) 114, and mining machinery 116 and stocking system 124 are assisted in seabed.Described mixing Mars Miner (BM) 112 and collector 114 can be any suitable form.In this embodiment, the ore exploited by auxiliary mining machinery 116 and mixing mining machinery 112 is collected and is such as pumped to stocking system 124 by Storing and conveying pipeline 126 (being shown as fracture in FIG in order to clear) by each corresponding machine with the form of slip.
The ore of described storage is collected and is pumped to seabed lift pump 118 with the form of slip via standpipe conveyance conduit (RTP) 120, then slip to be promoted by rigid riser 122 (be shown as fracture in Fig. 1, and in this embodiment can be long up to about 2500 meters) by seabed lift pump 118.Slip moves to surperficial supporting vessel 106, and is here dewatered by equipment 104.Waste water gets back to seabed under stress, thus provides the blowing pressure (chargepressure) for seabed lift pump 118.The ore of dehydration unloads on transport barge 108, thus is transported to storage facilities before being transported to process place.
The described seabed of present embodiment assists mining tool 116 to be provided for cutting and in needs situation/as required material pump delivered to away from job position.Seabed assists mining tool 116 for remote control delivery vehicle, can move to the depth of water of about 2500 meters, and at the enterprising line operate in the deck of PSV106.Seabed is assisted the operation of mining tool 116 according to ore rank, total output and operation and is safeguarded that restriction controls.Excavate particle size control by assisting the cutting machine type of mining tool 116, cutting machine rotary speed, cutting head pace, depth of cut, cutting machine pick spacing and angle and cutting head spacing.
Then, carry out mixing mining by suitable mechanism and collect.
When auxiliary mining tool 116 is for any suitable mining methods, in the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, recovery routine is as follows.First, use collecting robot (GM) to remove any uncured deposit, and be deposited on presumptive area, this presumptive area can be formed or not form the part in ore deposit.Then, use the AUX116 of present embodiment to cut obstruction, thus be the touchdown area that BM112 and GM114 prepares out level.Fig. 7 a shows and carries out site preparation by auxiliary mining machinery 116.
Then, GM114 is used to collect the ore stayed by auxiliary mining tool 116.Use BM112 to cut bench (bench), then use GM114 to cut and (sized) ore sieved is collected, repeat until residual edge is about 4 meters high.Then, the AUX116 of present embodiment is used to revise residual edge, as shown in Figure 7b.
Therefore, AUX116 starts undersea mining operation, and prepares suitable touchdown area, if need also to prepare touchdown area for other undersea devices (such as storage facilities) for other subsea tools.AUX116 also for removing the marginal portion of ore bench, this marginal portion can not by mixing Mars Miner close to or effectively exploit.
Fig. 2 is the lateral view of the auxiliary mining tool 116 according to present embodiment of the present invention.Fig. 2 shows the size of the AUX116 of present embodiment, illustrates its function.AUX116 uses slip to excavate pumping system 202 and ore is pumped to storage area, seabed, utilizes suitable seabed collecting robot (GM) 114 to collect ore later.There is provided continous track 204 for the movement of instrument 116 in seabed, even if on the sea-floor relief of complexity.Capstan winch cable connection point 206 allows instrument 116 to be connected to capstan winch cable removedly, thus allows instrument 116 twisted hanging between surface and seabed.Cutting head 210 is installed on cantilever 208, allows to use cutting head 210 in the multiple scope of position, height and angle.
Fig. 3 shows cutting and the suction process of auxiliary mining tool 116.As shown in the figure, AUX116 has the delivery vehicle that crawler belt 204 and cutting suck slider assembly 208, and slider assembly 208 is pivot joint and cantilever the side of heart line in the machine can turn round about +/-40 degree, and can be promoted to above or below machine.As shown in Figure 5, cutting head 210 comprises two to the cutting head 212 relatively rotated, it carries out electric power or hydraulic-driven by parent power supply, thus cuts ore and fragment be transported to the entrance being positioned at flooded suction 214 form of central authorities between the cutting head 212 relatively rotated.Flooded suction 214 can be that various shape and size are to be suitable for size and the type of material that is cut and that extract.As shown in Figure 2, also provide shovel/scraper plate 216 to help to clear up material, increase the efficiency of cutting machine 212.Shovel/scraper plate 216, also as the cover of cutting machine, helps the suction of fragment to remove.Also provide cover 218 in Fig. 2, to help the efficiency improving flooded suction 214 in Fig. 5, and set crumb size and control crumb size.
Instrument 116 can comprise water spray system (not shown) further and suck excavation pumping system suck/transport circuit 202 and inject water under high pressure to cutting head 210, slip/ore for using, thus pumping cutting material its storage flexible pipe 216 via Fig. 1, connecting line system and stocking system 124 are sent to storage area, seabed.In another embodiment, the top carriage assemblies 220 of Fig. 2 enables the cutting head of auxiliary mining delivery vehicle turn round.In another embodiment, another assembly (hydraulic cylinder 222) on cutting head allows the spacing of adjustment cutting head in operation, to improve cutting efficiency and fragment extraction efficiency, and screening fragment and control crumb size.
In this embodiment, instrument 116 has the dry landing weight of about 200 to 250 tons, is suitable for the cutting power of the type machine and the ratio of instrument weight, and some major functions.Instrument 116 removes obstacle and high point, and prepares out spacious touchdown area to start cutting operation for other instruments, as shown in Figure 7a.Instrument 116 cuts and clears up the bench region that the lower mixing Mars Miner of agility do not reach, as shown in Figure 7b.The material pump of cutting can be delivered to storage area, seabed by instrument 116, and helps degradation and pulverize seabed ore pillar.The cantilever action of instrument 116 allows to cut the bench up to 4 meters, even slope, and instrument 116 can be removed bench edge that the lower subsea tools of agility do not reach and/or interface, corner.
Auxiliary mining tool 116 can operate to carry out arrangement cutting when mining completes to arrange mining site further, and can be other subsea tools cut out lead to mining area height point slope, and/or cut out the slope upwards leading to region, peak, thus produce the path himself leading to peak.
Instrument 116 is deployed in seabed by traveling crawler 204.Instrument 116 can process rocky ground and coarse landform, and can operate on the slope and dispose.Instrument 116 can use its main capstan winch cable 402 promoted and land to reorientate at location proximate from supporting vessel.
AUX116 is designed to cutting and collects ore, is pumped to storing spot or the lateral region immediately preceding after delivery vehicle or side.AUX116 is designed to have the cutting head 210 and central flooded suction 214 that relatively rotate, for effectively cutting ore and in needs situation/being transported to isolated storing spot as required.
Cutting machine/flooded suction 210 is installed on the cantilever 208 of pivot joint, and cantilever 208 can turn round, promotes and reduce and change the angle position of cutting machine flooded suction 210 on perpendicular.Front spacing and the rear spacing of cutting head can be changed by mechanism 222, thus adjust and increase the cutting during operating and suction efficiency, and sieve fragment, control crumb size.
Whole auxiliary mining machinery system summarily illustrates in the diagram.Production support ship (PSV) has the control room of manipulation AUX116, and the capstan winch of parent (umbilical) and lifting cable, and disposes and reply the A framework of AUX116.AUX is connected to hull by parent cable 404 and main lifting cable 402.
Parent cable 404 provides the electric power needed for CD-ROM drive motor and pump, thus drives the master component of AUX116, and such as track drive motor, hydraulic pressure provide CD-ROM drive motor, excavation systems pumps CD-ROM drive motor and cutting drive system.
Parent 404 also provides control circuit, and this control circuit is applicable to the polynary fiber optic communication connection between the operation control room of AUX116 and PSV116.
AUX116 drops to seabed by main lifting cable 402 from PSV106.When AUX116 lands in seabed, main push-towing rope line 402 can disconnect and gets back on PSV106 or get back to the safe altitude of not tangling with parent 404 during mining processes.
System in AUX116 binding chassis, for finding, snapping in, fixing and disconnect store hose connector (be also combined with coupling, urgent time the system that disconnects and rotor).If needed, storage flexible pipe can be stored in AUX base plate that such as to roll out stowing of wheel (wind-outreel) textural.Once AUX116 is positioned at seabed, then connect and store flexible pipe (needing if store mining processes), then AUX116 can start cutting and store operation.
When AUX116 is ready to return to PSV106, promotes cable 402 and reconnect, and store flexible pipe and disconnect.Cutting machine cantilever 208 returns back to the position extending completely and rise of 0 degree.Then instrument 116 is promoted from seabed, return to PSV106.
As previously outlined like that, AUX in conjunction with two kinds of different ore laying methods, i.e. the method for after delivery vehicle or side, and Storing and conveying method.As shown in Figure 3, the control of suitable valve makes the slip from flooded suction 214 optionally be directed to store hose coupling system 302 or outlet 304 is shelved in below/side.Below or side method be applied to collecting robot 114 easily and effectively close region (recapturing for follow-up cleaning and material).Storage method is applied to the close region of restriction, thus by ores lifting to predetermined storage site, from this storage site, GM114 will recapture ore.Suitable mining plan can determine which position to adopt which kind of ore laying method in.
Two drum cutters 210 relatively rotated for main cutting head, as in Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 general briefly show.Cutting machine 210 is installed on two function hydraulic arms 208, and cantilever 208 can promote on the horizontal axis and reduce, and turns round around vertical axes.Cantilever 208 provides the general equipment arrangement of cutting assembly 210, and allows the rock cutting large volume when not moving delivery vehicle itself.This versatility allows arm 208 and cutting machine 210 with the such as step that may occur in mining area or other discontinuities (such as independently control tower) for target.The power of the Rock cutting head 210 on driving arm 208 is about 600kW, provides the general mounting method of cutting machine, and allows the rock cutting large volume when not moving auxiliary Mars Miner itself.
Cantilever 208 operates with continuously downwards/cuts to side, thus completes the cutting to the dark whole width of the whole canal in mining area, and the canal in described mining area is about 1 meter deeply.Then, adjustable cantilever and cutting machine Angle Position, to carry out the dark cutting of 1 meter of canal further, then need delivery vehicle to move forward.
High flow capacity can be utilized to excavate pumping system makes excavation material leave operating area by the inlet nozzle 214 that Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 is shown specifically.Fig. 3 illustrates in greater detail slip flow circuits.Use dilution system to reduce the possibility of blocking, and control the density sucking and transport slip in circuit.Densometer and flow meter is used to monitor concentration by slurry loop and velocity gradient consistently.
AUX114 in another embodiment is crawler belt delivery vehicle.When digging up mine, the removable anchoring system of spud pile form snaps in and penetrates submarine surface, thus controls Mars Miner better, as shown in figs. 7 a and 7b.As further illustrated in Figure 8, each moveable stake 802 of delivery vehicle grappling/fixed system is promoted separately, and the possibility of evening up delivery vehicle is on uneven ground reduced.Described stake is designed to penetrate any the loose surface material, and is fixed in high-quality ground.For softer ground, can sit erection space is larger in stake pad.Each described stake also can be the form of scraper plate.Scraper plate can have the function of stake, and allows to move material when machine moves forward or backward.
Water spray system 306 is installed, suck grizzly 214 to clear up when blocking and occurring, and disturbance needs the material surface of cutting as required.Water spray system 306 can clear up cutting head 210 or crawler belt 204 when blocking.Described spraying system also can help prevent or clear up the obstruction of slip circuit.
AUX116 one of in two ways can move to another region from a region in seabed.AUX116 can move along crawler belt on the sea-floor relief being less than about 10 degree, and speed is for being greater than about 600 ms/h.Or, can use main lifting cable 402 that delivery vehicle 116 is dropped to seabed, and be deployed in next site.
When being deployed in place, efficient track assembly 204 is provided for effectively reapposing carrier mechanism 116, maximizes to make operation production capacity.AUX116 provides the more efficient cutting to excavation material and storage thus.
Fig. 9 a to Fig. 9 d shows the auxiliary cutting machine 900 according to another embodiment of the present invention, comprise cutting tool and support cantilever 902, there is the anterior outward turning fixed arm 904 of vertical drawing-off, for the crawler belt 906 by site, rear portion sonar array 908, electric control pod formula indicator (podindicatedat) 910, rear portion mooring anchor/scraper plate 912, main cutting tool 914, be installed on the bizet cutting machine store collected system 916 on the downside of cantilever 902, two propellers 918, the hoist point recovered for 20 degree of slopes and catch bucket 922, storage flexible pipe interface 924 and slip transport pump and motor 926.
Figure 10 shows another embodiment of the present invention, and wherein auxiliary Mars Miner 1000 has scraper plate 1010, to promote the fragment before chassis, makes minimum or does not have fragment to pass through below instrument 1000.Scraper plate 1010 is semi-circular curvature, thus cutting head below keeps the distance of substantial constant between scraper plate when moving by orientation, as shown in fig. lob.This configuration effectively can improve the collection efficiency of the intake near cutting head, as shown in fig. lob, and clears up fragmentary fragment from the path of instrument.
Should be appreciated that particular term used herein may be equivalent in meaning with other terms, they describe the present invention comparably, and therefore the scope of the application is not subject to any this synon restriction.Such as, undersea mining instrument is also referred to as subsea machine, production support ship is also referred to as ground ship and/or ground installation, and ore can be called rock, solidification deposit, uncured deposit, soil, seabed material equally or alternately, and mining can comprise cutting, excavation or removing materials.In addition, the special value provided provides the yardstick example to described embodiment, should not think the yardstick of numerical value in other embodiments of limiting and being suitable for institute's applied environment and scope.
It will be understood by those of skill in the art that under the prerequisite not deviating from broadly described the spirit and scope of the present invention, as concrete embodiment, various change and/or change can be carried out to the present invention.Therefore, embodiment herein considers it should is all exemplary in all its bearings, instead of restrictive.
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1. a mining tool is assisted in the seabed for undersea mining system, and described seabed assists mining tool to comprise:
Seabed mobile system, makes move by described seabed;
Parent connecting line, for receiving electric power from surface source and control signal;
The auxiliary cutting tool that cantilever is installed, for cutting the end of bottom sediment; And
For sieving the mechanism of fragment, described fragment is manufactured by described auxiliary cutting tool, and described mechanism is used for guaranteeing that these fragments are not more than desired size,
Wherein, the described mechanism for sieving fragment comprises at least one pair of cutting head forming described auxiliary cutting tool, described cutting head is configured to preferentially drag the fragment between described a pair cutting head, and described a pair cutting head separates a distance corresponding with the crumb size expected.
2. mining tool is assisted in seabed according to claim 1, and wherein, the spacing between described a pair or often pair of cutting head is fixed as a predetermined spacing.
3. mining tool is assisted in seabed according to claim 1, and wherein, the spacing between described a pair or often pair of cutting head is adjustable during mining processes.
4. mining tool is assisted in seabed according to any one of claim 1 to 3, and wherein, the described mechanism for sieving fragment comprises the sizing grill of contiguous described auxiliary cutting tool.
5. mining tool is assisted in seabed according to any one of claim 1 to 3, and wherein, described seabed mobile system enables described seabed assist mining tool to move by the sea-floor relief of inclination up to 10 degree.
6. mining tool is assisted in seabed according to claim 5, and wherein, described seabed mobile system enables described seabed assist mining tool to move by the sea-floor relief of inclination up to 20 degree.
7. mining tool is assisted in seabed according to claim 6, and wherein, described seabed mobile system enables described seabed assist mining tool to move by the sea-floor relief of inclination up to 25 degree.
8. mining tool is assisted in seabed according to any one of claim 1 to 3, described cantilever wherein for installing described auxiliary cutting tool comprises hydraulic operated driving arm, described driving arm is installed on the carriage assemblies of top, and described top carriage assemblies can assist the center line of mining tool to turn round relative to described seabed.
9. mining tool is assisted in seabed according to any one of claim 1 to 3, can operate being greater than under the degree of depth of 400 meters.
10. mining tool is assisted in seabed according to claim 9, can operate being greater than under the degree of depth of 1000 meters.
Mining tool is assisted in 11. seabeds according to claim 10, can operate being greater than under the degree of depth of 1500 meters.
Mining tool is assisted in 12. seabeds according to any one of claim 1 to 3, wherein said seabed is assisted mining tool to comprise further and is sucked transport circuit, described suction is transported circuit and is had the slurry inlet being adjacent to described auxiliary cutting tool, and be configured to the fragment obtaining slip form, to be transported to the outlet of assisting mining tool to be separated with described seabed.
Mining tool is assisted in 13. seabeds according to claim 12, and wherein, described slurry inlet is close to described cutting head and be positioned at the rear of described cutting head.
Mining tool is assisted in 14. seabeds according to claim 12, and wherein, described slurry inlet is between the cutting head of described auxiliary cutting tool.
Mining tool is assisted in 15. seabeds according to claim 12, comprises collection further and obtains cover, and described collection obtains cover partly around described auxiliary cutting tool, to optimize described slurry inlet to the accommodation of fragment and collection.
Mining tool is assisted in 16. seabeds according to claim 12, comprise scraper plate further, described scraper plate is configured to cover described auxiliary cutting tool, and clears up as propeller the path that mining tool front is assisted in described seabed when described seabed assists mining tool to move forward.
Mining tool is assisted in 17. seabeds according to claim 16, and wherein, described scraper plate is bowed shape, thus plays at the different rotary positions of described auxiliary cutting tool the effect substantially covered equably.
Mining tool is assisted in 18. seabeds according to any one of claim 1 to 3, comprises removable deadman further, and described removable deadman is configured to fix described seabed when disposing and assists mining tool.
Mining methods are assisted in seabed in 19. 1 kinds of undersea mining systems, and described seabed assists mining methods to comprise:
Seabed is assisted mining tool to utilize seabed mobile system to move to pass through seabed;
Described seabed assists mining tool to receive from the electric power of surface source and control signal via parent connecting line;
The end of the auxiliary cutting tool cutting bottom sediment that cantilever is installed; And
Described seabed assists the screening mechanism of mining tool to sieve the fragment manufactured by described auxiliary cutting tool, to guarantee that these fragments are not more than desired size,
Wherein, the described mechanism for sieving fragment comprises at least one pair of cutting head forming described auxiliary cutting tool, described cutting head is configured to preferentially drag the fragment between described a pair cutting head, and described a pair cutting head separates a distance corresponding with the crumb size expected.
Mining methods are assisted in 20. seabeds according to claim 19, wherein, described auxiliary cutting tool is used for, for mixing mining is prepared, to cut the periphery of complicated subbottom structure, thus presenting and being applicable to the independent relatively flat of mixing mining tool and the bench of level.
Mining methods are assisted in 21. seabeds according to claim 19 or 20, wherein, described auxiliary cutting tool for the treatment of site, seabed, to prepare the bench for mixing mining.
Mining methods are assisted in 22. seabeds according to claim 19 or 20, and wherein, described auxiliary cutting tool is for the treatment of the residual edge stayed by mixing Mars Miner.
Mining methods are assisted in 23. seabeds according to claim 19 or 20, wherein, obtain described fragment with slip form, and are assisted in described material pulp pumping to described seabed mining tool to adopt the side in path maybe will adopted.
Mining methods are assisted in 24. seabeds according to claim 19 or 20, wherein, obtain described fragment with slip form, and described slip are pumped to the seabed storage location of assisting mining tool to be separated with described seabed via suitable conveyance conduit.
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